#acquiring

But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others too affect their beliefs. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

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There is a way in which all writing is connected. In a second language, for example, a workshop can liberate the students' use of the vocabulary they're acquiring. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

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The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs. ↗

— Charles Foster Bass

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The cost of acquiring new customers and maintaining those relationships in an online environment versus bricks and mortar is significant. ↗

— Stephen Cohen

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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action. ↗

— John Yoo

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I was very adept at acquiring languages. ↗

— Anna Held

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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. ↗

— William Glasser

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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. ↗